Mode of delivery and adiposity: Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 693-699

  Lin, Shi Lin ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Schooling, C Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Cesarean section; China; Cohort study; Mode of delivery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL SMOKING; PREECLAMPSIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TERM BIRTH; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADIPOSITY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; COHORT STUDY; MODE OF DELIVERY;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84885951395     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.06.090     Document Type: Article

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